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Running back Ricky Williams is no longer the only Dolphins player serving an NFL drug suspension.

Wide receiver Chris Davis was given a four-game suspension Friday for violating the league's substance-abuse policy. Davis is on NFL Europe's injured reserve list after getting hurt while representing the Dolphins overseas this spring.

The NFL declined to provide further details, and the Dolphins refused comment. Attempts to reach Wilmer Jordan, who is listed as Davis' agent, were unsuccessful. However, the length of Davis' suspension indicates this was his third violation of the policy.

Davis spent the final 11 games on the Dolphins' practice squad in 2005. Undrafted out of Southern University, Davis spent the entire 2004 season on the New York Giants' practice squad. Davis, 25, later signed with Tampa Bay and was waived at the end of the 2005 preseason.

Williams, who has failed four drug tests, cannot be reinstated until April.

FAST FORWARD: JETS AT DOLPHINS

When: 8:30 p.m. Monday.

Where: Dolphin Stadium, Miami Gardens.

Marvez's take: Besides New Orleans, no franchise has shown more improvement in the standings this season than a Jets squad that was 4-12 in 2005. Credit the return to health of quarterback Chad Pennington and the work of first-year coach Eric Mangini, who clearly learned from spending a decade as an assistant under New England's Bill Belichick.

The Dolphins did a poor job offensively with six dropped passes and three turnovers in October's 20-17 road loss to the Jets. But one bright spot was a 127-yard rushing performance by running back Ronnie Brown, who said he plans to play Monday after missing the past three games recovering from a fractured hand.

Defensively, the Dolphins must find a way to stop longtime nemesis Laveranues Coles. The wide receiver had 106 receiving yards and two touchdowns in October's meeting and remains hot, logging 12 more catches for 144 yards and one score in Sunday's 26-13 victory at Minnesota.